Fated To One, Claimed By Four

Rejection

Elara's pov

My head felt like it was splitting into two. I held it in place as I stood up gently from where I was sitting.

"That was a disturbing dream," I said, opening my eyes slowly, but the first picture that came into view made me frown. What the hell was my mother doing in my room?

"What are you doing in my room?" I asked her and I heard a low growl at the other side of the room and I turned my head, immediately getting out of bed. It wasn't a dream.

"W-what is going on?" I asked cautiously, staring at everybody in the room. Damien, my parents, and my stupid brother, even Lily also, and so many other people. What is going on?

"Glad to see you finally awake," Damien said, his voice booming loudly through the room. There was something in the air after he spoke that made my knees wobble and I almost fell to the ground, but Lily held my hand.

"T-thank you," I said, smiling at her. She seemed to be the only one concerned about me right now, which was not surprising.

"I can't believe you forced yourself on a man", I heard my brother say, and my head turned toward him immediately in annoyance.

"What do you mean force?" I muttered and Lily squeezed my hand, she looked me in the eye and shook her head. I looked at my dad, and he had a look of disgust on his face. Okay, what did I do?

"Like I said, I found my mate" he began.

No, no, no no, please don't, I chanted in my head as he pointed his fingers in my direction.

"But she's weak. She is feasible, not mature enough for me, she's just an omega that's unfit to be by my side."

What does that even mean? I looked up at Damien, wondering what he was saying. Everybody gave me a look of disgust and pity as they shook their heads in agreement with what Damien was announcing. Even my mother agreed.

"As your leader, I believe we need someone worthy and fierce, someone who could lead under my command and outside my command so long as it's for the benefit of the pack." Damien went on saying, and I just sat down there trying to lessen the buzzing sound in my head, so I could understand what he was talking about.

"What's going on, Lily?" I asked, sounding concerned. If I didn't dream of our s****l moments, does that mean everybody here knows what we did?

"It's nothing you should worry about, my dear, these things happen," she said, looking at me with sadness in her eyes. My eyes watered, and I didn't even understand what was going on, but I knew I was about to be humiliated, this man was my mate, and he was about to humiliate me, and in the presence of everybody at that.

"So I reject her as my mate," he said and everybody murmured like they weren't expecting those words to come out after all he had been saying.

"If only you weren't as weak as you were, you would have made me proud," my father said, and I could see the anger in his eyes towards me.

Just in one day, I had found and lost my mate. It hurt, I didn't even know him and my heart was shattering into a million pieces, the buzzing in my head stopped, but flashbacks flooded my memory - skin on skin, glistening body sweat, and pleasure, so much pleasure that the thought of it made me ache between my legs. I had s*x with this man who was openly rejecting me.

"Now she cries" I heard my mother say before I felt the drops on my hand. I was crying. I quickly wiped my face and sniffled, the murmuring got louder as I got up from where I sat and ran out of the room. I had no idea where I was going, but I didn't want to be in that room anymore.

"Ugh". I fell to the ground clutching my chest. Why did it hurt so bad, I didn't feel anything for him and yet here I was crying my eyes out? I should be used to rejection by now, but no, I always believed my mate was going to be the one person to understand me and get me out of this suffocating place, the only person who would love me and make this life that I live bearable.

I cried for what felt like hours, everybody that came out just walked past me, my father and brother didn't even spare me a glance.

"Come back home the same way you left" was the only thing my mother said before she walked past me. Lily tried to comfort me but that was only so much she could do.

"I am going to run away from here, I hate it here," I said to her when she gathered me into her frail arms.

"There's nowhere to run dear, there's nothing beyond the Shadow forest, you just have to forget today and try to move past it," she said, and I frowned. There was no forgetting for me or the entire pack.

"There is no life for me here, my parents don't want me, even my mate doesn't want me, I would die here alone and unappreciated, I need to go," I said, my eyes pleading for what I didn't know, maybe a push? Maybe support. I didn't know, but I wanted something from Lily, smiling as she rubbed my head and whispered in my ears words that had my full attention.

"When the time is right, the moon paves the way for lost souls seeking redemption, using them as an opportunity to run"

I stared at her and asked the question in my mind.

"When is the next redemption pavement?"

"Tomorrow". She said.

It was settled. Then, I will run away tomorrow.